Orange Presents the Oxbow WLT
CAPBRETON, France (Thursday, April 17, 2008) - The Orange presents
Oxbow WLT, the first event of two on the 2008 Association of
Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Longboard Tour (WLT) will run
in Anglet, France from May 5th to 11th.
Featuring the world’s Top 45 longboarders plus three wildcards,
the Oxbow WLT will be held at the beachbreak of Les Cavaliers,
on the South West coast of France for the second year in a row.
Reigning ASP World Longboard and defending Oxbow WLT champion
Phil Razjman (BRA) will be among the surfers in attendance.
Rajzman, who clinched his maiden ASP World Longboard Title in
2007, must defend his crown from former ASP World Longboard
Champions Bonga Perkins (HAW), Colin McPhilips (USA), Josh Constable (AUS) and rising French longboard star
Antoine Delperro (FRA).
Delperro, 20, who is originally from the French Mediterranean
coast but now resides in Anglet, will be Europe’s favorite in
the 2008 Oxbow WLT. Used to the hollow beachbreak of Les
Cavaliers, Delperro aims at winning his first ASP World
Longboard Tour event this year.
“The waves at Les Cavaliers offer great potential for
longboarding when it gets good,” Delperro said. “To have the
opportunity to surf against the world’s best surfers including
legends like Bonga (Perkins) is great and the way things have
been going so far for professional longboarding is really
promising.”
Delperro, who came 5th in the 2007 Oxbow WLT after he was
eliminated by Rajzman, is a complete longboarder combining
modern style and classic maneuvers, the right weapons to come up
against the world’s best surfers when competition resumes next
month.
“I want to win the event,” Delperro said. “The surfer I fear
most is myself, as I need to improve mentally when it comes to
tight heats. Surfing at home brings both great motivation as
well as pressure because you always want to do well in front of
your family, friends, sponsors and supporting crowd.”
Also attending the Oxbow WLT will be longtime leading
longboarders Duane De Soto (HAW), Carlos Bahia (BRA), Eduardo
Bage (BRA), Jackson Close (AUS), Taylor Jensen (USA), Jonathan
Larcher (FRA), Mathew Moir (ZAF) and 2007 ASP European Longboard
Champion Michel Demont (PYF).
Oxbow, who have been supporting longboarding since 1992, came
back to the ASP World Longboard Tour as main sponsor in 2007,
and will organize two events this year to crown the ASP World
Longboard Champion.
“There is definitely a revitalization in longboarding and we are
excited to grow the tour again this year,” ASP CEO Brodie Carr
said. “Oxbow have been a great partner to push and advance pro
longboarding.”
“Both Oxbow and the ASP are committed to this part of surfing
and we looking forward to the first stop of the 2008 ASP World
Longboard Tour starting in Anglet,” Carr said.
The 2008 ASP World Longboard Champion will be decided over two
events:
Orange presents Oxbow WLT, Les Cavaliers, Anglet – France – May
5 to 11, 2008
Oxbow WLT, Churches, Trestles – USA – October 5 to 11, 2008
Orange presents the Oxbow WLT will be webcast LIVE on
www.aspworldtour.com
2007 ASP World Longboard Tour Top 8
1. Phil Rajzman (BRA)
2. Danilo Rodrigo (BRA)
3. Carlos Bahia (BRA)
3. Bonga Perkins (HAW)
5. Jackson Close (AUS)
5. Antoine Delperro (FRA)
5. Keegan Edwards (HAW)
5. Harley Ingleby (AUS)
ALL NEWS, RESULTS, PHOTOS AND VIDEOS AT www.aspworldtour.com
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